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Bottom line....football pays the bills but....the North Carolina group runs the acc. If UNC and Duke bolt, the acc will be sunk. clemsux fan base may support them but that and FSU alone will not be able to support the acc. It will crumble into oblivion and the rest will scramble including clemsux. They will be stand alone schools in states with SEC teams.....the death star, so to speak...lol.

If you say its all about $$$$ than you have to expand. We have two many teams for 2 divisions right now. Some teams are not going to get to play each other for a long time. This issue needs to be fixed. One way is to go to 16 teams and 4 divisions.

I don't care what NC's population is. They don't watch football! If you take NC State, you aren't getting UNC fans, Duke fans, Wake fans, East Carolina fans, App State fans...You are just getting a fraction while WVU dominates their state. WVU fans are everywhere there a good bit here in Myrtle beach. There are some WVU bars in surfside. I go to some times.

It's not just about fans but state footprint and population. The sec network will get over $1 for from every carrier in the sec footprint. West Virginia just does not have enough people and their academics make us look Ivy League. The sec wants schools in nc and va. They might would take West Virginia as a backup if their backs were against the wall and they had to expand to keep up with the big10 but they are a last resort cobbled in with a vatech or nc state.

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"The only people who use mustard base BBQ sauce are yankees and people who were not raised properly"
J.A. Weatherly

Summary: Because Maryland, left all the presidents got together and agree that all ACC schools would have to forfeit ALL the media rights revenue to the ACC if they left the league up until the 2026-2027 season. Which basically means, they are committed until then. That is on top of the $50 million exit fee they have to pay.

East Carolina??? Well the SEC can just add Tulsa along with them to get to 16 and claim the Oklahoma market. There is not a scenario where the likes of ecu are considered for the SEC... Please notice the sarcasm font.

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"The only people who use mustard base BBQ sauce are yankees and people who were not raised properly"
J.A. Weatherly

Other teams are just waiting to see what the court rulings will be and how much the terps have to pay. The big 10 has talked to UNC/UVA/Gatech and maybe more. The acc is the league that is at risk. Their grant of rights deal will not stop someone from bolting.

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"The only people who use mustard base BBQ sauce are yankees and people who were not raised properly"
J.A. Weatherly

Other teams are just waiting to see what the court rulings will be and how much the terps have to pay. The big 10 has talked to UNC/UVA/Gatech and maybe more. The acc is the league that is at risk. Their grant of rights deal will not stop someone from bolting.

Because they didn't agree to it. This deal was made in response to Maryland leaving and the lawsuit. If they agreed to this, they would not have left. The would have to give all their TV money to the ACC for 13 years and Maryland wouldn't get anything. The current ACC teams have basically signed in blood.